The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College
The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College
There are no dangerous thoughts,
thinking itself is dangerous.
-Hannah Arendt

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Screening of <em>Hannah Arendt</em>

Screening of Hannah Arendt

Film Screening & Discussion with the director, writer, and two of the film's stars.

The Hannah Arendt Center is proud to present the US opening of the film, "Hannah Arendt", directed by Margarethe von Trotta.

The film screening will be followed by a discussion with the director; Margarethe von Trotta, the writer; Pam Katz,   Barbara Sukowa and Janet McTeer (playing Hannah Arendt and Mary McCarthy.)

May 29, 2013 at 7:45 PM
Film Forum, NYC
Get tickets and learn more HERE.


Fall Conference

Fall Conference

Failing Fast: The Educated Citizen in Crisis

The Sixth Annual Fall Conference

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October 3-4, 2013 , Olin Hall at Bard College






Judgment in Extremis

Judgment in Extremis

A Conference Inspired by the Fiftieth Anniversary of Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem.

How one responds to mass murder, genocide, and atrocity has become an all-too-common question of our age. It is to explore the modern predicament of judging great wrongs that the ECLA/Hannah Arendt Center Conference will bring together artists, businessmen, academics, and public intellectuals.

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"Quote" of the Week

"Quote" of the Week

Scholar: Lance Strate

"There is perhaps no clearer testimony to the loss of the public realm in the modern age than the almost complete loss of authentic concern with immortality, a loss somewhat overshadowed by the simultaneous loss of the metaphysical concern with eternity."

-Hannah Arendt,  The Human Condition

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